Digest

Thursday

CHARLTON — A debate with the candidates for state representative will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Charlton town hall selectmen’s room Oct 21.

The debate will be broadcast live and replayed.

AUBURN — “Fashion and Flare” will be presented by the Auburn Woman’s Club and Christopher Banks Fashion of the Auburn Mall at 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Pakachoag Church on Pakachoag Street. Admission is $20. Tickets can be purchased from any club member, at the Lorraine Gleick Nordgren Senior Center, or via e-mail from bjohn97871@mac.com. Money raised will support the club’s scholarship fund.

The Webster Dudley Business Alliance will hold its annual meeting and election of officers and board members from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at Point Breeze Restaurant, Point Breeze Road, Webster. The cost is $7 for members, $10 for nonmembers. Chowder, fritters and hot cider will be served. Nominations for president, secretary, three board members and one alternate board member will be taken until Oct. 22. For more information, e-mail booklovers@verizon.net or call (508) 949-6232.

AUBURN — The Book Discussion Club of the C.S. Lewis Society of Central Massachusetts will meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 23 in the Auburn Public Library, 369 Southbridge St.

The group will read and discuss a selection of poems by Irma Stevens from her book “Grace and Glory.”

On Nov. 13 and 20, the group will discuss Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

Participants do not need to own the book to take part in the discussion. For more information, check www.lewisma.org.

OXFORD — The annual Holiday Tea Rom & Gift Shop at First Congregational Church of Oxford, 355 Main St. (Route 12), will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 13.

The gift shop will sell home-baked goods and specialty foods, handcrafted gifts, Equal Exchange coffee, jewelry/accessories, themed gift baskets and gently used items. The Book Nook, offering used books for $1, will also be open.

The tea room will feature cakes, scones and homemade entrées, as well as English and herbal teas, hot chocolate and coffee. This year’s soups include autumn bisque and Italian wedding soup; the entrées are chicken supreme, honey crisp apple frittata and seafood lasagna. Prices range from $3.75 for tea and a sweet to $7.75 for three courses. Groups of six or more must call for a reservation at (508) 208-3391 by Nov. 12, and be seated by 12:30 p.m.

Ten percent of the profits will be given to charitable work beyond the church.

AUBURN — The Faucher School of Dance is presenting its 2nd annual William J Humphrey Jr. Memorial Performance, to benefit the Why Me organization of Worcester (Sherry’s House), at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Leicester High School Auditorium. Admission is $10.

Why Me is a nonprofit organization that provides for families battling childhood cancer.

The program will be Creative Garnishes for the Holidays, presented by one of our members. A paring knife, a few vegetables and some imagination are the ingredients to creatively garnish your holiday tables. Bring a paring knife and cutting board.

For the giving program, the club will collect holiday wrapping paper and tape for Dudley Middle School’s Adopt a Child for the Holidays program.

The Dudley Woman’s Club is open to all women from Dudley and surrounding towns. For more information, call Debbie at (508) 943-5449.

OXFORD — The Friends of the Oxford Public Library is holding its annual fall book sale from noon to 7 p.m. Oct. 28 for members of the Friends and from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 29 and 30 for the public.

An all-you-can-eat turkey dinner will be held Nov. 1 at the Publick House in Sturbridge. Tickets are $13 for adults and $5 for children 4 to 13 and are available at the library prior to the event. No tickets will be sold at the door the night of the dinner.

AUBURN — The Lorraine Gleick Nordgren Senior Center, 4 Goddard Drive, will hold a fall festival with senior service providers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at the center. More than 16 different agencies will be available to answer questions about services available to elders.

Also on Oct. 22, a free flu shot clinic will be held for seniors at the center. The clinic will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring identification and any insurance information or health card.

For more information, call (508) 832-7799.

WEBSTER — State Rep. Paul Kujawski has opened his campaign headquarters at 271 Main St. in Webster.

The office will give voters a chance to meet him and pick up signs and bumper stickers. The office will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.

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